Faustina the Younger : coinage, portraits, and public image / Martin Beckmann

• Superior document: Numismatic studies 43
• VerfasserIn: Beckmann, Martin 1955-
• Place / Publishing House: New York : American Numismatic Society, 2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Numismatic studies 43
• Physical Description: vii, 205 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Notes: Enthält Bibliografie

Material and Methodology -- VENVS GENETRIX: Faustina's First Child and Portrait Type 1 -- CONCORDIA: The Ideal of the Imperial Marriage, and Portrait Types 2-5 -- FAVSTINA AVGVSTA: Portrait Types 5-10 -- Portraits: Concepts and Processes -- A New Typology of Faustina's Portraits -- Message and Meaning in the Portraits of Faustina -- Conclusion. The Public Image of Faustina

"The Roman empress Faustina the Younger, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius and mother to at least eleven imperial children, including the future emperor Commodus, not only played a key role in Roman history of the 2nd century AD but also was the subject of almost unparalleled commemoration in visual media, especially sculpture and coinage. This book examines the single largest surviving ancient source for the portraiture and public image of Faustina the Younger: the coinage struck in her name under Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. The coinage of Faustina the Younger is rich in original iconography and long in duration but its chronology and the relationships between its various types remain unclear. This study seeks to remedy this situation by employing the methodology of die analysis to create a new and firm chronology for Faustina's coinage. The results make it possible to establish an authoritative typology for Faustina's portraiture and to show the precise relationship between the diverse obverse and reverse types. The die analysis also clarifies Faustina's complicated iconographic program, making it possible to compare it directly with the iconography of the coinage of her male contemporaries, which can be dated to specific years by imperial titulature. Taken together, these results permit a complete re-evaluation of the coinage, portraits and public image of Faustina the Younger"--